| alloantibody | (noun) an antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species | Synonyms: isoantibody |
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| antibody | (noun) any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response | - |
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| autoantibody | (noun) an antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it | - |
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| blackbody | (noun) a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it | Synonyms: black body, full radiator |
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| body | (noun) the external structure of a vehicle | - |
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| (noun) a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin) | Synonyms: soundbox |
| (noun) the property of holding together and retaining its shape | Synonyms: consistence, consistency, substance |
| (noun) the main mass of a thing | - |
| (noun) the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being) | Synonyms: organic structure |
| (noun) the body excluding the head and neck and limbs | Synonyms: torso, trunk |
| (noun) a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person | Synonyms: dead body |
| (noun) the central message of a communication | - |
| (noun) a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity | - |
| (noun) a collection of particulars considered as a system | - |
| (noun) an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects | - |
| broody | (noun) a domestic hen ready to brood | Synonyms: brood hen, broody hen, setting hen, sitter |
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| busybody | (noun) a person who meddles in the affairs of others | Synonyms: nosey-parker, nosy-parker, quidnunc |
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| chiropody | (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the feet | Synonyms: podiatry |
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| custody | (noun) holding by the police | - |
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| (noun) (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child | Synonyms: hands |
| (noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | Synonyms: detainment, detention, hold |
| dogsbody | (noun) a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do | - |
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| goody | (noun) something considered choice to eat | Synonyms: dainty, delicacy, kickshaw, treat |
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| homebody | (noun) a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel | Synonyms: stay-at-home |
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| hymnody | (noun) the act of singing psalms or hymns | Synonyms: psalmody |
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| isoantibody | (noun) an antibody that occurs naturally against foreign tissues from a person of the same species | Synonyms: alloantibody |
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| melody | (noun) the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes | Synonyms: tonal pattern |
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| (noun) a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence | Synonyms: air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, strain, tune |
| monody | (noun) music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment) | Synonyms: monophonic music, monophony |
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| nobody | (noun) a person of no influence | Synonyms: cipher, cypher, nonentity |
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| parody | (noun) humorous or satirical mimicry | Synonyms: mockery, takeoff |
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| (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, lampoon, mockery, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty |
| polypody | (noun) any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium | - |
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| prosody | (noun) the study of poetic meter and the art of versification | Synonyms: metrics |
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| (noun) the patterns of stress and intonation in a language | Synonyms: inflection |
| (noun) (prosody) a system of versification | Synonyms: poetic rhythm, rhythmic pattern |
| psalmody | (noun) the act of singing psalms or hymns | Synonyms: hymnody |
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| rhapsody | (noun) (in ancient Greece) an epic poem adapted for recitation | - |
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| (noun) (music) a free instrumental composition in one extended movement; typically emotional or exuberant in character | - |
| (noun) an enthusiastic expression of emotion | - |
| somebody | (noun) a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential | Synonyms: individual, mortal, person, someone, soul |
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| threnody | (noun) a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person | Synonyms: coronach, dirge, lament, requiem |
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| tody | (noun) tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill | - |
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| underbody | (noun) the soft belly or underside of an animal's body | Synonyms: underbelly |
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